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tito_swineflu, to random
@tito_swineflu@sfba.social avatar

OMG, the guy from Khan academy is on Forum this morning, spouting all of these statements about AI that simply aren't possible for AI to do, and the host is just letting them all go by unchallenged.

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar
mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

Feminists taught me that Mad Max Fury Road is not a feminist movie. I get that.

Fury Road was just an action movie where the violent protagonist was a woman with a visible disability, instead of an able bodied man. I get that.

But I still enjoy the fact that George Miller looked at all the dudes that got angry that a woman was the star of a Mad Max movie, and said "Cry about it!" and doubled down.

I am so watching this.

Furiosa extended trailer
(CW: movie violence)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LYV3001u574

maria,
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focusedoninfinity, to random
@focusedoninfinity@todon.eu avatar

Heads up, friends!

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar
maria, to random
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

Pay for information so you'll get good, accurate, vividly interesting information, instead of ads, lies, bullshit, and propaganda.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/journalist-run-media-flaming-hydra/

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@wjmaggos

Sorry I don't understand the question?? Freelancers will always write in multiple venues, it seems certain

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@wjmaggos

That won't work because quality can't surface without top-notch editorial attention and focus. The better the editing, the better the reading

This is consistently taken for granted (by management, readers, and even by fellow journalists) because the work is invisible by design, like the fine seams in a good suit.

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@wjmaggos

No, I don't think so. The job isn't just to get things into shape, it's to gather a group of people and views, like a chorus, an orchestra

maria, to random
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

The freedom to repudiate, mock and condemn... this freedom also is under attack by the fash

(via calls for 'free speech' 'civility' 'both sides' and what have you)

Protect the right to ridicule those contemptible garbagios at all costs, call them every bad name you can think of e.g. lowlife garbage weasels, sad poltroons etc.

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@wjmaggos

You get to say that! And it's equally important that everyone else also gets to say what they think, 'divisive' or not

seachanger, to random
@seachanger@alaskan.social avatar

a great question to ask is what’s our vision for 2025? I continue to think that most people will choose the healthier and more fun-filled future, but lack the space for imagining it themselves https://mastodon.social/

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@seachanger

SO true and well said. Imagining a better future and putting it in motion is the most important task right now, but all we think about is the bad guys... long past time for that to end

dangillmor, to random
@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

Is there a way to bet on the collapse of Trump's "Media & Technology Group Corp." stock?

Strikes me as a sure thing, though I can't be sure when, given that Trump world corruption could prop it up for some time to come.

So I won't short the stock directly. Better to look at put options, I suspect.

Related: I will have absolutely no sympathy for Trump cultists who lose money buying this BS stock.

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@dangillmor

I hear you but options trading ugh! so easy to get the timing wrong

maria, to random
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

Jonathan M. Katz shares the story of how he exposed Katie Britt's lies on his TikTok

A free @flaminghydra post:

https://flaminghydra.com/there-should-be-newspapers-that-we-work-at-where-we-do-this/

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@flaminghydra

p.s. if you think this kind of coverage is worth doing, Flaming Hydra is just $3/month to support independent writers and artists

You'll get an awesome newsletter each weekday and it's ok if you can't read them all, one day you'll get to the beach and you'll catch up then.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

Support journalism they say. I'll be happy to when I see some journalists.

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@StillIRise1963

https://flaminghydra.com

a cooperative of 60 journalists and artists!! very cheap no ads no suits just us.

$3/month, please spread the word!!

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

Dear journalists who remain on Twitter:

You actively participate on a site operated by an extremist right-winger who promotes other extremists who want, among other things, to end democracy. The end of democracy means, in case you haven't grasped this yet, the end of freedom of expression.

This means you are actively supporting his business -- and you're doing it for free.

Please grow a spine, and stop helping the people who hate you and want to destroy what you do.

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@dangillmor

A lot of us left! tho

inquiline, to random
@inquiline@union.place avatar

Petition to replace phrase "mainstream media" on here with "mainstream commercial media"

The additional word adds a lot of needed context

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@inquiline

I've been saying 'corporate media' for a while now

glynmoody, to Bitcoin
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

Meta-backed case seeks high court ruling on founder’s identity - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/04/meta-backed-case-seeks-high-court-ruling-bitcoin-founder-identity "1.1m original bitcoins “mined” by Nakamoto that are worth about $46bn (£36bn) at the current price.

Wright told a Norwegian court in 2022 that he had destroyed the computer hard drive that would have given him access to the keys. "

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@glynmoody

!! who you callin a clown ahahaa

(I've never changed my mind about the underlying value of this technology, have been saying so since 2013)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/opinion/crypto-terra-luna-blockchain.html

maria,
@maria@thelife.boats avatar

@glynmoody

There are use cases everywhere, just waiting for the regulatory climate to ensure they'll be given a chance

I myself developed one... there've been many millions sunk into projects that ultimately weren't safe to pursue in case they should suddenly be declared illegal.

The minute the regulatory frameworks are clear we'll finally see the reality, for good and/or ill

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